The European Journal of Development Research

, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp 238–245 | Cite as

The Choice of the New Latin American Middle Classes: Sharing or Self-Caring

  • Kees Biekart
Special Debate Section

Notes

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Jürgen Wiemann and Alan Fowler for their comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this article.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kees Biekart
    • 1
  1. 1.International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)The HagueThe Netherlands

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